Posted May 7, 20169 yr comment_5751814 This is what I wanted out of this match. Kawakami is this hyperviolent ball of spitfire and Sekimoto works in this sort of frustrated energy with his facials, the way he looks at the ref, some of his offense choices, like switching from the crab to the STF and the snake eyes into the German suplex. He also really sells well for Kawakami's offense, which gets epic in his last gasp run. I really like the way they open with the aggressive, almost frantic back-and-forth grappling. Kawasaki more than held his own in the slugfests with Sekimoto. His elbows looked brutal and Sekimoto sold them in a staggering way. They play human bumper cars awhile and Sekimoto unleashes these cleaving chops but when he tries for the gamegiri, Kawakami blocks it and unleashes hell on him with suplexes and a gnarly snap Emerald Fusion. Kawakami doesn't know what else to do and in their final elbow battle, he's able to stun Sekimoto with a shot but Sekimoto hits this massive reaction lariat. Even in his final death throes, Kawasaki shows this sense of desperation as he is so close to the ropes when Sekimoto is deadlifting him...yet, too far. Awesome stuff!
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